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edh

Thru Hiker
What are people using for this these days and how do they find the service levels?

I used to use Bluehost; they still come out well in reviews...but just wondering what the alternatives are - and users opinion is handy?

My needs are basic, I'll not be needing a managed service:

Pretty high storage - images and research data
No commercial plans
Low traffic
 

maddogs

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DuneElliot

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same here. seems cheap (3GB storage) otherwise you need to pay. We host our photos on flickr and cross-link for several reasons, one is it keeps the storage down.

https://maddogsand.wordpress.com/

I do exactly the same. I store all my photos on Flikr and just insert them into my blog from there....very simple and easy to do. Even Wordpress' paid-for plans don't have a lot of storage space. I like their ease of use and simplicity and choice of templates.
 
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edh

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Well apart from my inveterate picture taking....

..I'll be storing videos which add up really quickly; so I'd expect maybe 30GB of data over a couple weeks...best think of cloud alternatives!
 

Davy

Thru Hiker
Host the vids on YouTube and embed them.
Mp4 even at 4k can be compressed a fair bit.
 
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DuneElliot

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I use YouTube for videos, for the rare few I actually put on my blog...I don't know of many other video storage hosts that will give you that kind of storage without having to cough up a LOT of money
 
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edh

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Not a big You Tube user.

But I see that you can make video private which would work...
 

Odd Man

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Not a big You Tube user.

But I see that you can make video private which would work...

You have 3 options with YouTube videos. They can be public, unlisted and private. Public is visible anyone searching/visiting your channel, unlisted requires the user to know the exact URL to access it and private is only visible to the owner of the channel. Using unlisted mode is a great way to share videos with friends only etc.
 
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